Physiological concentrations of melatonin and corticosterone in stress and their relationship with phagocytic activity

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 691-695

  Barriga, C ^a   Martin M I ^a   Ortega, E ^a   Rodriguez, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Macrophage; Melatonin; Mice; Phagocytic activity

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCUBATION TIME; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSPHERES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STRESS;

EID: 0036733451     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2002.00823.x     Document Type: Article

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